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A scientific approach to irrational consumer choices

World of DTC Marketing

GOOD MORNING: The FDA is taking a scientific approach to evaluating direct-to-consumer (DTC) drug advertising, focusing on measuring consumer perceptions of the information presented in ads. Presenting quantitative information increased participants’ gist and verbatim recall of drug efficacy. ” Uh…no.

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Shareholders versus patients: Who is more important?

World of DTC Marketing

Milton Friedman A newly approved drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease is expected to become a multibillion-dollar expense for Medicare. By one projection, spending on the drug for Medicare patients could end up being higher than the budgets for the Environmental Protection Agency or NASA. Milton Friedman.

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Disruption in healthcare is coming

World of DTC Marketing

A new feature—a sensor that monitors changes in the heart rate for irregularities that can lead to strokes and heart failure—has just been approved by America’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The new initiative, Care Studio, aims at doctors rather than patients. Then there is the cost of generic drugs.

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What do future healthcare CEOs look like?

World of DTC Marketing

I have to laugh when I hear that a pharma company is patient-centric because that’s become a slogan to make employees feel good about themselves while the costs of prescription drugs increase every year. drug spending by 9 percent” What about taxpayers? Gilead Sciences, Daniel O’Day — $29.1

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FDA grants approval for Amylyx’s Relyvrio to treat ALS

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Amylyx Pharmaceuticals’ Relyvrio (sodium phenylbutyrate and taurursodiol) to treat adult patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Additionally, treatment with Relyvrio substantially reduced physical function loss in ALS patients.

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Pandemic Innovators: Pharma Marketing Strategies that Reinvent the In-Person Conversation

Pharmaceutical Representative Training

Before 2020, the landscape of drug marketing involved following drug approvals by the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ), finding which patient population would benefit from therapy, and visiting specialized doctors in-person to advertise its advantages compared to current guidelines.

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FDA makes moves to advance ALS research ahead of upcoming Amylyx AdCom

Pharmaceutical Technology

In the lead-up to a critical meeting that will influence the approval of a new drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has detailed its plans to advance rare neurodegenerative disease research. The first AdCom was critical of the study’s robustness. The FDA’s action plan.

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